Copper intrauterine device at UPMC Northwest

100 Fairfield Drive, Seneca, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1619069440

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$3,515.20

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$4,394.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1,098.50 with Aetna vs $3,734.90 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Medicare $1,098.50 ↓ -69%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,586.67 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,653.96 ↓ -53%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,757.60 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $1,757.60 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $2,037.81 ↓ -42%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,197.00 ↓ -38%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2,416.70 ↓ -31%
Aetna EBR FI $2,548.52 ↓ -28%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,636.40 ↓ -25%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,711.10 ↓ -23%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,768.22 ↓ -21%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,768.22 ↓ -21%
InterGroup PPO $2,856.10 ↓ -19%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,075.80 ↓ -13%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $3,163.68 ↓ -10%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,351.30 ↓ -5%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,515.20 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial $3,734.90 ↑ +6%

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Copper intrauterine device at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,448.80 $637.27 – $4,098.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $3,515.20 $835.07 – $3,954.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $651.00 $148.65 – $1,560.45
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $651.00 $217.00 – $1,061.09
UPMC Hanover Hanover $651.00 $800.78 – $1,560.45
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $3,495.20 $835.07 – $1,624.14
UPMC Kane Kane $1,273.80 $614.93 – $2,253.90
UPMC Lititz Lititz $651.00 $800.78 – $1,560.45

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